Zuniga Carmela, Ragosta Sachiko, Thompson Terri-Ann
Ibis Reproductive Health, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Ibis Reproductive Health, Oakland, CA, United States.
Front Glob Womens Health. 2023 Apr 18;4:1114820. doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2023.1114820. eCollection 2023.
Although studies have documented challenges people encounter when attempting to access abortion care in the United States, there is little research on the perspectives and experiences of foreign-born individuals, who may encounter unique barriers to accessing care. Since lack of data may be due to difficulty recruiting this population, we explored the feasibility of using social media to recruit foreign-born individuals who have sought an abortion into interviews to share their abortion experiences. Our target population was limited to English and Spanish-speakers due to budget constraints. As this recruitment method was unsuccessful, we attempted to recruit our target population through the crowdsourcing website, Amazon Mechanical Turk (mTurk) to take a one-time survey on their abortion experience. Both online recruitment methods yielded a significant number of fraudulent responses. Although we aimed to collaborate with organizations that work closely with immigrant populations, they were unavailable to assist with recruitment efforts at the time of the study. Future abortion research utilizing online methods to recruit foreign-born populations should consider incorporating information on their target populations' use of online platforms as well as cultural views on abortion in order to develop effective recruitment strategies.
尽管已有研究记录了美国人在试图获得堕胎护理时所面临的挑战，但对于外国出生的人在获取护理方面可能遇到的独特障碍以及他们的观点和经历，却鲜有研究。由于缺乏数据可能是由于招募这一人群存在困难，我们探讨了利用社交媒体招募寻求堕胎的外国出生者进行访谈以分享他们堕胎经历的可行性。由于预算限制，我们的目标人群仅限于说英语和西班牙语的人。由于这种招募方法未成功，我们试图通过众包网站亚马逊土耳其机器人（mTurk）招募目标人群，让他们就堕胎经历进行一次性调查。两种在线招募方法都产生了大量欺诈性回复。尽管我们旨在与那些与移民群体密切合作的组织合作，但在研究时他们无法协助招募工作。未来利用在线方法招募外国出生人群的堕胎研究应考虑纳入有关目标人群对在线平台的使用情况以及对堕胎的文化观点等信息，以便制定有效的招募策略。
